What are some normal echo findings with significant pHtn?
*RAE *RVH *RVE *Diastolic Dysfunction (reduced E/A ratio)
*TR may range from mild-Sev
(worse: LV comp, Pleural Eff, TAPSE= <14mm)
What is CorPulmonale?
Lung/ Repiratory issue which causes changes in the structure and function of Rt Heart resulting with Rt sided HF.
What is the treatment for Eisenmengers (PAP).
Surgical intervention such as lung or heart transplant. (true eisenmenger is when baby has left to right shunting)
True/False: Then pulmonary artery systolic pressure (in the absence of pulmonic stenosis) is calculated as:
PAP= 4V2 + RAP
PAP=RVSP
TRUE
_______ hypertension can lead to heart disease and stroke. (top 2 causes of death)
chronic (affects 30% adults in u.s)
True/False:TEE imaging can demonstrate thrombus in the main, right, or left pulmonary artery.
True
what is the difference between primary and seconadary Htn? which is more common in clinical findings, name some common diseases associated with it.
Primary: no underlying cause or lung disease causing high BP
Secondary: Caused by underlying disease. It is more common and Pulmonary disease and CV Disease.
What is the mean Pulmonary Arterial Pressure in pHtn?
>25mmHg
Whats anomaly is shown in this picture?
Mcconnell Sign: where apex seems to dip in the RV.
regional RV dysfunction, with akinesia of the mid free wall, found in pts w/ Pulmonary Embolism.
what is the treatment for Phtn?
CCB, Digoxin, Diuretics, Oxygen, Warfarin and Lung Transplant.
The underlying pathophysiology of this clinical syndrome is chronic pressure overload of the RV as it ejects into a high-resistance pulmonary vascular bed
Cor pulmonale
What is the life expectancy if pHtn is left untreated.
1-2 years. (with proper treatment it exceeds 7years maybe 10)
how are pulmonary pressures calculated?
modified bernoullis= 4v^2
Coronary Sinus drains into _____ Heart chamber.
LA
Loss of respiratory variation, dilated IVC and opening of PFO is caused by what?
Caused by chronic elevation of right sided pressures (pHtn).
Hypertension results due to _______ peripheral resistance.
Increased
PHTN is best evaluated on echo by measuring ???????
peak pulmonic regurgitation
in htn, echo is used to evaluate 3 main things in heart.